Vista shutdown drop down options - can you re-order them?

Faustus · 11 Apr 2007 at 20:36

Sleep is the first option in the shut down list with Vista Home Premium on my Desktop. However, given the problems I have experienced trying to get the PC to successfully wake up again when using sleep option I have had to use the Hibernate feature instead (almost as quick at booting as sleep). Given this situation is there a way of making Hibernate the first option in the shutdown list in place of Sleep?

WotDa · 11 Apr 2007 at 20:41

Like this?

But with Hibernate instead?

DAS · 11 Apr 2007 at 20:47

You can change the default action of the sleep/hibernate/shutdown button left of the padlock icon on the menu.

BurningHorizons · 11 Apr 2007 at 21:01

DAS said:
You can change the default action of the sleep/hibernate/shutdown button left of the padlock icon on the menu.

Out of interest, how do you do this?

WotDa · 11 Apr 2007 at 21:16

BurningHorizons said:
Out of interest, how do you do this?

Did you see my reply at all?

Faustus · 11 Apr 2007 at 21:35

WotDa said:
Like this?

But with Hibernate instead?

Thanks for the response, however, my peepers aren't quite good enough to see what is going on on the second screen plus I use Windows Classic menus - haven't moved on since Windows 95 and although I've tried the new interface I really really really don't like it and don't find it very user friendly at all. Can this exercise be done for Classic?

WotDa · 11 Apr 2007 at 21:39

Control panel > Power options > Change plan settings (Your current plan) > Change advanced > Power buttons and lid.

Faustus · 11 Apr 2007 at 22:38

WotDa said:
Control panel > Power options > Change plan settings (Your current plan) > Change advanced > Power buttons and lid.

Ah! many thanks, a pictures worth a thousand words or so the saying goes. I was changing the power button action option to Hibernate and not the start menu power button option :eek:

That has definitely cured it.